Hollow Knight: Silksong hasn’t been out for even two weeks yet and it’s already getting its second patch. But for anyone still struggling in some of the game’s more brutal boss fights and platforming sections: don’t expect any more relief just yet. The Metroidvania Soulslike’s new update mostly takes aim at some of the smaller bugs fans are facing.
“We’re getting close to finalizing the second post-release patch for Hollow Knight: Silksong,” Team Cherry announced on Steam on Tuesday. “Where the first patch dealt mainly with critical issues, this next one focuses on a few still remaining, while also cleaning up some bugs around specific tools.”
While not live in the game on PC or console yet, players can test the fixes in the public beta branch on Valve’s storefront while the developers work on adding a few more fixes and improvements. Here’s the full patch notes so far for Silksong update 2:
– Added Dithering effect option in Advanced video settings. Reduces colour banding but can slightly soften the appearance of foreground assets. Defaults to ‘Off’.
– Updated Herald’s Wish achievement description to clarify that players must both complete the wish and finish the game.
– Fixed Savage Beastfly in Far Fields sometimes remaining below the lava.
– Fixed rare cases of Shrine Guardian Seth getting out of bounds during battle.
– Added catch to prevent Lugoli sometimes flying off screen and not returning during battle.
– Further reduced chance of Silk Snippers getting stuck out of bounds in Chapel of the Reaper battle.
– Fixed various instances of dying to bosses while killing them causing death sequences to play messily or out of sync.
– Fixed Shaman Binding into a bottom transition causing a softlock.
– Cocoon positions in some locations updated to prevent it spawning in inaccessible areas.
– Fixed Liquid Lacquer courier delivery not being accessible in Steel Soul mode.
– Fixed some NPCs not correctly playing cursed hint dialogues in certain instances.
– Fixed Pondcatcher Reed not being able to fly away after singing.
– Fixed Verdania memory orbs sometimes replaying layered screen-edge burst effects.
– Fixed the break counter not working for certain multihitter tools eg Conchcutter.
– Fixed Volt Filament damage multiplier not applying for certain Silk Skills.
– Fixed Cogflies and Wisps inappropriately targeting Skullwings.
– Fixed Cogflies incorrectly resetting their HP to full on scene change.
– Fixed Curveclaw always breaking on the first hit after being deflected.
– Fixed Plasmium Phial and Flea Brew sometimes not restoring as intended at benches.
– Various other smaller tweaks and fixes.
This patch will arrive as players continue to debate Silksong‘s difficulty and whether some of the more challenging sections are hard for a reason or just annoying for no reason. The game’s first patch took aim at some of these complaints, including making the dreaded Moorwing boss fight easier to survive. There’s also been some debate over whether Silksong is too stingy with Rosary Beads, its main currency for purchasing equipment, unlocking benches (save spots), and other important resources for the adventure.
Even some super fans of the original Hollow Knight claim to have bounced off the sequel due to the more punishing gameplay. Team Cherry hasn’t signaled yet if it plans to eventually make deeper changes to Silksong to address some of these concerns, or add difficulty settings to help struggling players experience more of its excellent world and story.
